Thank you FG! I really love trees and do not get too many around here!

Driving along the Gomondwane Loop there are an abundance of these shrub-like trees. At first glance one may mistake them for sicklebush... however on closer inspection they reveal themselves to be ______ _________ ________.

"Lose yourself in Nature and find Peace!"(Ralph Waldo Emerson)UNITE AGAINST POACHING...What we protect, do not let poachers take it away!Extinction is forever and survival is up to---every last one of us!

"Lose yourself in Nature and find Peace!"(Ralph Waldo Emerson)UNITE AGAINST POACHING...What we protect, do not let poachers take it away!Extinction is forever and survival is up to---every last one of us!

Right... let's go over the evidence... Gomondwane Loop. Shrubby like trees that I mistook for Sickle Bush and only after many years of assumption decided to take a closer look and was totally surprised by the outcome.

These deciduous trees may actually reach a height of 21m however they are often found as shrubs or small trees. The leaf is very acacia-like although the pinnae are larger. They often have a cone shaped growth form with prolific growth of stems from the base. New leaves are a beautiful coppery-red.

I think it was their "bare of leaves" nature when visiting in winter that gave me the impression they were Sickle Bush. Once I saw them in January it was a different story!

"Lose yourself in Nature and find Peace!"(Ralph Waldo Emerson)UNITE AGAINST POACHING...What we protect, do not let poachers take it away!Extinction is forever and survival is up to---every last one of us!

SeanP wrote:Don't give up!!! Quickly take a drive on the Gomondwane loop and check these multi-stemmed trees!!! I am sure I have given the game away now!!!

Can only do it next year.

"Lose yourself in Nature and find Peace!"(Ralph Waldo Emerson)UNITE AGAINST POACHING...What we protect, do not let poachers take it away!Extinction is forever and survival is up to---every last one of us!